Playfer Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Playfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
Playfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Playfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Playfer is found most frequently in England. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Playfer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Playfer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Playfer live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England Playfer is most common in: Merseyside, where 94 percent reside and Greater London, where 6 percent reside. Barring England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 6 percent reside.
Playfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Playfer has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Playfer last name fell 11 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playafer | 93 | 1 | / |
| Plafer | 92 | 0 | / |
| Plajfer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Plasfer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Plaffer | 86 | 0 | / |
| Playfair | 80 | 1,227 | / |
| Plhaifer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plaifier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Plifer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plaffe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Plhaiffer | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pleifer | 71 | 84 | / |
| Pleffer | 71 | 34 | / |
| Phlefer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Plhifer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pflifer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plefger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Plattfe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Plauffe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pflefer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pillefer | 67 | 30 | / |
| Playfish | 67 | 17 | / |
| Pleiffer | 67 | 14 | / |
| Plafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plouffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pleuffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfleffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pellifer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Plieffer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfleifer | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Playfer
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